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Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (October 26). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen Kai-Fong Welfare Association Limited; in Kowloon, Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps; and in the New Territories, Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service - Hong Kong, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations today is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection of Flag
Bag
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Hong Kong Aberdeen Kai-Fong Grey White
Island Welfare Association
Limited
Kowloon Hong Kong Air Blue Blue
Cadet Corps
New Evangelical Yellow Blue
Territories Lutheran Church
Social Service -
Hong Kong
For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is also available at the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police.
Ends/Saturday, October 26, 2013
Issued at HKT 06:01
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